Trucking magnate Bill Hall Jr. was killed in 2013 after his wife knocked his motorcycle off South Loop 1604 with her Cadillac Escalade. His family is fighting over the assets of his estate

Trucking magnate Bill Hall Jr. was killed in 2013 after his wife knocked his motorcycle off South Loop 1604 with her Cadillac Escalade. His family is fighting over the assets of his estate

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One of the companies started by the late trucking tycoon Bill Hall Jr. has withdrawn a request to have its bankruptcy case reinstated. The case was dismissed Jan. 5 because Bill Hall Jr. Trucking GP LLC failed to filed a reorganization plan and proof of property insurance before a November deadline. less

One of the companies started by the late trucking tycoon Bill Hall Jr. has withdrawn a request to have its bankruptcy case reinstated. The case was dismissed Jan. 5 because Bill Hall Jr. Trucking GP LLC failed ... more

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Frances Hall is listed as manager of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking GP LLC.

Frances Hall is listed as manager of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking GP LLC.

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A Bill Hall Jr. trucking company files for bankruptcy in San Antonio

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San Antonio-based Bill Hall Jr. Trucking GP LLC, which owns a fleet of trucks and trailers used by an affiliated business to haul gravel and other materials for road construction, has hit a rough road.

The business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Saturday night after creditors threatened to repossess various assets, according to Jesse Blanco, the company’s bankruptcy lawyer.

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The filing apparently is unrelated to a pending murder case against company manager Frances A. Hall, who is accused of intentionally driving her Cadillac Escalade into her husband, Bill Hall Jr., while he was riding his Harley Davidson on Loop 1604 on the Southwest Side in 2013. He later died. He was 50.

“So far as I know, I don’t have any information that any of her legal problems spilled over into my being retained to file Chapter 11,” Blanco said. She signed the bankruptcy petition.

A related business, Bill Hall Jr. Trucking Ltd., which picks up and delivers road-building materials for customers, has not filed for bankruptcy.

Blanco attributed the LLC’s bankruptcy filing to an issue over the quality of the road-building materials that Ltd. picks up from suppliers and delivers to road-construction companies. Deliveries dried up and left the LLC’s trucks and tractors sitting idle, he added.

“Their expectation is that in due course, could be a month, could be two, that (Ltd.’s) customers will be able to able to resolve the issues that they had with the quality of gravel that they were having delivered by Ltd. using the trucks of LLC,” Blanco said.

The LLC reported $7.5 million in assets and nearly $5.8 million in liabilities in bankruptcy documents.

The assets include more than 80 Kenworth and Freightliner trucks and nearly 50 trailers. A 2016 Cadillac Escalade, valued at $57,000, also was among the assets listed.

Blanco was not certain which of LLC’s creditors were threatening to repossess assets. Among the secured creditors listed in the case and the amount of their claims are: Paccar Financial Corp., which provided financing on some Kenworth trucks, about $3.7 million; Daimler Truck Financial, a provider of financing for five Freightliner trucks, about $580,000; and First Midwest Equipment Financing, which provided financing for seven trailers, almost $321,000.

The bankruptcy filing comes about two months before Frances Hall is scheduled to stand trial in connection with Bill Hall Jr.’s death. Police ruled his death a homicide. Authorities say it was the consequence of an alleged love triangle that also involved Frances Hall and his girlfriend, Bonnie Contreras, who was nearly 20 years his junior.

Authorities say Frances Hall also used her SUV to ram Contreras, who was driving Bill Hall Jr.’s Land Rover on the evening of the incident.

Frances Hall’s lawyers have maintained that Bill Hall Jr.’s death was an accident.

“I think she’s factually innocent of the charge,” Alan Brown, her attorney, said in a phone interview Monday. “I think she loved her husband tremendously. She was sobbing when it happened. It was, in all respects, an accident.”

Brown said he doesn’t believe Frances Hall should have even been indicted. He noted that since her indictment, a new district attorney — Nicholas “Nico” LaHood — has been elected.

“We’d certainly hope that they might even relook at the case,” Brown said.